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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. THE INBEING AND OPERATIONS OF THE SPIRIT IN CHRIST. "And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord."--Isa. xi. 2. To whom but the Lord Jesus can these words refer? He alone is the "rod " arising " out of the stem of Jesse," the "branch growing out of his roots," the lineal descendant of the royal house of David; yet in the circumstances of his parentage, birth, and subsequent life,--poor, mean, and lowly,--as saith the same prophet, a " root out of a dry ground; he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him." To this agrees the testimony of Paul in his argument on the Messiahship of Christ addressed to the Jews: "And when he had removed him (Saul) he raised up unto them David to be their king, to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. Of this man's seed hath God, according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus." Clearly, then, is it a beautiful and striking prophecy of Christ, upon whom the Spirit of the Lord in such plenitude and richness was to rest. In the preceding pages we have presented to view, in various points of light, the different actings of the Holy Spirit in the believer; tracing them from the first conviction of sin in the soul to its "sealing unto the day of Jesus Christ." There is yet another and a deeper unfolding of the Spirit's operation not hitherto, or but" indirectly, touched upon; and yet so closely allied to his work in the regenerate as not to be overlooked and disregarded. We allude to the Operation Of The Spirit In Christ. In t...
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About the Author
Octavius Winslow was born in New York, but his ministry was largely in England. He was one of the leading Baptist ministers of the 19th century, largely due to the devotional earnestness and the practical excellence of his writings. Winslow was prolific, authoring more than forty books. He was also a noted speaker, giving the address for the opening of Spurgeon's Metropolitan Tablernacle in 1861. Winslow clung to the theology of the old Puritans. His life was devoted to the promotion of an experimental knowledge of the precious truths of God.
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0217922759
- ISBN 13 9780217922753
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages88
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